Trade, Development and Foreign Debt
Author:   Michael Hudson
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Edition:   New edition
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9780745304892


Pages:   305
Publication Date:   20 September 1992
Format:   Paperback
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This text presents an alternative history of the major theoretical concepts that have shaped international economics since its inception in the mercantilist epoch. Present anti-orthodox views on trade and development, far from being the preserve of a few marginal heretics of each generation, are revealed to have a long and honourable pedigree. Debates over economic doctrine are not merely academic matters; they concern the destiny of nations. Thus, the orthodox ""laissez faire"" and free trade positions adopted by the World Bank and IMF have had devastating consequences for the developing nations of the Third World, trapped into reliance on unstable export commodities and spiralling debt burdens. Polarization, rather than convergence, has been the result of free market principles. The author's analysis demonstrates the urgency of debunking economic orthodoxy and reconsidering the value of protectionist and structuralist approaches to trade and development.

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Author:   Michael Hudson
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.282kg
ISBN:  

9780745304892


ISBN 10:   0745304893
Pages:   305
Publication Date:   20 September 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Introduction - the political context; early European commercial strategy - its moral and political philosophy; imperial origins of the world division of labour; the monetary impact; how mercantilism evolved into laissez-faire; comparative costs and the gains from trade; terms-of-trade analysis in its historical context; technology and international trade theory; the factor-proportions theory of comparative costs; polarization vs convergence tendencies; the changing role of foreign trade in economic development; the narrowing definition and methodology of trade theory.

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